Fred's Front Porch Podcast

The Right Wing seems to want to protect our children from all sorts of supposed evil.  I agree that our children need to be protected, but I disagree with what they need to be protected from. Here's the transcript: https://fredsfrontporch.com/protecting-the-children/ This is the last episode I'm giving away for free. I explain in the introduction. If you would like to continue to listen, c...

I had a unique experience the other night.  This is it. I should note that I am using AI voices for the different incarnations of God.  I'm not, however, using cloned voices because an excellent point has been made that to do so is discourteous to those whose voices were cloned.  These voices are, essentially, stand ins. I made a version for myself with cloned voices, and I feel like that'...

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When we talk about making America Great Again, which period in our history do we actually mean? Here's the transcript: https://fredsfrontporch.com/when-exactly-was-america-great/ Shoshana's book, "Secrets of Water," is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGj2VcDTQM Support Fred's Front Porch Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch

Speedy Shine and I each give firsthand accounts of an unfortunate incident. The video is in the transcript here: https://fredsfrontporch.com/eyewitness-testimony/

We all have limited amounts of Love to give.  If we don't get enough back, we just run out of steam.  It's important to fill each other's Love Tanks as frequently as possible.  Failure to do so can be disastrous. Here's the Transcript: https://fredsfrontporch.com/the-love-tank/ Support Me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch Check out my website: https://fredsfront...

If we can't afford to take care of our veterans, we can't afford to keep creating them.  I'll show you some of the massive failures of our country to help those who sacrificed for us. Here's the transcript: https://fredsfrontporch.com/?p=1597 https://fredsfrontporch.com/we-cant-afford-to-go-to-war/ Support me on Patreon for early access to commercial free episodes: https://www.patr...

I don't equate success with money.  I see it as spending our minutes in ways that make us happy.   Here's the transcript: https://fredsfrontporch.com/?p=1550 https://fredsfrontporch.com/success-as-an-artist/ Please support Speedy Shine and his Smelly Old Man on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch

Love is love.  Too many people have forgotten this simple fact, and are now making life dangerous for Transgender People and Drag Queens.  We really have to stop that. Here's the transcript. https://fredsfrontporch.com/?p=1456 https://fredsfrontporch.com/pride/

If you've ever wondered why I'm so terrified of you, this is the best explanation I can give you.   This is the blog post so you can read along.   https://fredsfrontporch.com/this-is-why/ Please support Speedy Shine and his Smelly Old Man on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch

If you have a billion dollars, you have more money than you can spend in 19 lifetimes... Here's the transcript: https://fredsfrontporch.com/being-a-billionaire-is-still-inherently-immoral-2023/ Please support Speedy Shine and his Smelly Old Man on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch

There are privileges I have that I have done nothing to earn.  There are also privileges for which I have paid dearly.   Why shouldn't all people have the privileges I get simply because I was born a straight white male in America?    Here's the transcript.  It takes you to my new website, so I'm not sure if it will work, but I hope it will.  If you're not subscribed to my new site...

This is somewhat different from my other episodes.  I recognize that being "WOKE" is considered evil by some people.  I offered a differing opinion to mine as someone is switching the channel from my show to that of a right wing talk show host.  My intention is not to offend, but to help others to understand.  I hope I accomplished that.   Here's the transcript: https://frededer.home...

I don't recommend Poverty.  It's lovely to avoid it.  Living in it, however, hasn't kept me from finding Joy.  I have Enough... so perhaps it isn't poverty at all. That's for you to decide. Here's the transcript: https://frededer.home.blog/2023/05/07/finding-joy-even-in-poverty/ Support Me on Patreon please: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch

This is for those who need a bedtime story.  There's nothing about Fred's Front Porch Podcast in this episode.  This is just for helping you to relax and drift into what I hope will be a blissful slumber. Here's the Guttenberg version, with illustations: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm#:~:text=CHAPTER%20IX,SURROUNDED%20BY%20WATER Please support me on Patreon so...

This is just the story.  There is no opening, no "Next Week...", no Gratitudes, no Closing.  This is intended to be useful to those who would like to share this story with a loved one without any interruptions or distractions.   Here is the Gutenberg copy with which you can follow along: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm #CHAPTER_IV Please support me on Patre...

This is pure Art, so it will not be interrupted by an Intro, Outro, or Gratitudes.  There is no "Next Week..."  This is a gift from me to you and from you to your children, or anyone else who needs to have a somewhat more relaxing day. This SHOULD take you to The Project Gutenberg reproduction, but I won't promise that. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/67098/67098-h/67098-h.htm #:~:te...

Our species has advanced significantly in the last 200,000 years.  We now have all we need to ensure every one of us has a home, food, and medical care.  Instead of providing that to all of us, we ask who deserves it.   I'm going to make the radical suggestion that all of us, whether I like them or not, deserve to survive.  I'm going to combine fiction and nonfiction.  I'm going to com...

We seem to find virtue in being offended.  I question that in this episode.  While we're busy fighting about trivial issues, we lose focus on the problems that really need to be solved.   This is the Word Press Transcript: https://frededer.home.blog/2023/04/16/offensensitivity/ Please support Speedy Shine and his Smelly Old Man on Patreon: https://patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch?utm_medium=clipb...

We've been doing this for quite a long time now.  This is our 200th episode together.  In honor of the occasion, I'm explaining, as clearly as possible, what my Idealism is all about.  I'm doing it in both nonfiction and fiction.   The Impossible Conversation is another portion of "The Teddy Bear Coder."  I don't know if it will appear in the novel.  I don't know that...

There is a strong connection between Diabetes and Depression.  They feed into each other.  One makes the other worse.   There are, however, ways of coping. Here's the Word Press Link: https://frededer.home.blog/2023/04/02/diabetes-and-depression/ Here's the Medium link: https://frededer.medium.com/diabetes-and-depression-94e0adb74f7 Support Speedy Shine and his Smelly Old Man on Patreon: h...

There is a courage in being Diabetic that many people never consider.  I'll explain it here. This is the transcript on Medium.  (It may ask you to sign in to read it.) https://frededer.medium.com/44aafcf6122e This is the transcript on Word Press: https://frededer.home.blog/2023/03/26/facing-death-daily-diabetes-102/ Support Speedy Shine and his Smelly Old Man on Patreon to get rid of the comme...

It's easy to look at your Diabetic friends and assume they're fine.  We're not walking around in casts or bleeding from a head wound.  The truth is, however, that we live in a balancing act.  Mistakes can be fatal. This is the first of a 3-part series dealing with Diabetes.  This is an overview.  Next week, we'll discuss Dealing With Death Daily.  We'll end up with Diabetes and...

We all have the opportunity to and ability to help one another in large ways and small.  Sometimes it takes nothing more than a phone call.   Here's the transcript: https://frededer.home.blog/2023/03/12/we-are-not-alone/ Please support Speedy Shine and The Smelly Old Man on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Freds_Front_Porch

Hi hoomans!  I'm starting my own Dogcast, and I hope you will like it lots and lots.  This Moontime I tell you a little bit about how I got to be here with Smelly Old Man.  We will do this once every Moontime, and if you want, you can join my Special Level of the show.  Your dog will love it.   Smelly Old Man finally made it work, and you can get stickerses, and posters an...